# Local Beta 8.3.0

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/local-beta-8-3-0/41357>\
**Category:** Local Beta Releases\
**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-beta-8-3-0/41357 "2024-02-13T20:00:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ARed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ared/32/15094_2.png) [@ARed](https://community.localwp.com/u/ARed)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-beta-8-3-0/41357/1 "2024-02-13T20:00:44Z")

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[Download Local 8.3.0 (Beta) for Intel MacOS](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.3.0+local-beta-6605/local-beta-8.3.0-b6605-mac.dmg)

- **SHA1:** `ed839607a042e4ff399ada230fd9c3df5bed0a7d`

[Download Local 8.3.0 (Beta) for Apple Silicon MacOS](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.3.0+local-beta-6605/local-beta-8.3.0-b6605-mac-arm64.dmg)

- **SHA1** : `929eb1bb2d002e40bd3df04a3c6355cf366c1975`

[Download Local 8.3.0 (Beta) for Windows](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.3.0+local-beta-6605/local-beta-8.3.0-b6605-windows.exe)

- **SHA1** : `84e6707282e9b845bb9b6867193be5e0d8966d30`

[Download Local 8.3.0 (Beta) as Linux `deb` (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint)](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.3.0+local-beta-6605/local-beta-8.3.0-b6605-linux.deb)

- **SHA1** : `cdfa0a3b072fa9562ca2799c2c0ba5fb2d993bc4`

[Download Local 8.3.0 (Beta) as Linux `rpm` (Fedora, Red Hat Linux, CentOS)](https://cdn.localwp.com/releases-beta/8.3.0+local-beta-6605/local-beta-8.3.0-b6605-linux.rpm)

- **SHA1** : `9c14b743f3ebef04eb37e4d3de48fc18fee853f1`

# What’s New in Local 8.3.0

## Disclaimer

**We are in the process of renewing our Windows certificate for Local. Temporarily, users installing this release on Windows will see a blue warning screen when opening Local from Microsoft Defender. Users can select “More info” and “Run anyway” to bypass this. This will be fixed ASAP!**

## Improvements

 ![LocalConnectv8.3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/5/4/543e1c574f416256e637a86ff976f5f09442e266.png)

- A new and improved Connect experience is here! Local Connect to WP Engine and Flywheel is taking a big step forward with a couple of highly-requested features, several bug fixes, an improved UI, and better reliability and logging, including:

- Improved logging for errors encountered when communicating with WP Engine’s Customer API, enabling better troubleshooting with support.

- Mailhog has been replaced with [Mailpit](https://github.com/axllent/mailpit) inside Local; Mailhog was no longer maintained while Mailpit is an actively supported alternative with all of the same functionality. Mailpit also includes a native binary for Apple Silicon that we have bundled, removing a dependency on Rosetta 2 for Apple Silicon users.

## Bug Fixes

- [Resolved an issue](https://community.localwp.com/t/new-version-automatically-disconnect-host/41177)where WP Engine users were being logged out within Local Connect when the app was restarted. Now, users will remain logged in until their session expires (7 days of inactivity).

- Fixed a bug where Connect to WP Engine wasn’t respecting the excluded files list, including node\_modules. Previously, this could lead to broken sites when the folder was overwritten. A full list of our file exclusions [can be found here](https://localwp.com/help-docs/local-features/local-connect/#path-exclusions).

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**Author:** ![ARed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/ared/32/15094_2.png) [@ARed](https://community.localwp.com/u/ARed)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-beta-8-3-0/41357/2 "2024-02-13T20:01:04Z")

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